Canada Day locally?

Do you know if any place will be having Celebrating Canada Day (July 1) on Friday? I can think of no way better to spend Friday then kicking back with a Unibroue, Moosehead, or Molson and some Poutine, Canadian Bacon or other Smoked Meat.

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In re poutine: the Blue Ribbon in Schenectady has something called “disco fries” that looks like an imitation thereof, at least. I can’t speak from experience about it. They also have Molson or some such Canadian beer.

Clinton’s Ditch, also in Schenectady, has “ditch fries” that are OK, but only like a specific kind of poutine.

I usually make my own poutine. It pales in comparison to the real thing, though; I use frozen steak fries rather than making my own, I fry them in canola oil instead of lard, and I use beef or turkey gravy from a jar. I do use cheese curds, most grocery stores have them.

If you’re willing to drive quite a distance, the best poutine I know of is at LeBlanc Patate in Huntingdon, QC, just a few miles north of Malone, NY. It squeaks when you eat it – just as good poutine should!

We just traveled to Montreal and had dinner at Garde Manger which is the restaurant of Chuck Hughes who has a Food Network Show called “Chuck’s Day Off”. We ordered Lobster Poutine because it is one of his signature dishes and OMG…let me tell you was it delicious!!! It takes months to get in to Garde Manger with a reservation but it was well worth the wait. I know that won’t help you with July 1st but it’s definitely something to put on your list of things to do!

Although I agree that proper poutine has to be best experienced while visiting our northern neighbors, the north country has some options. Bazzanos pizza in Plattsburgh does a nice job, and having gone to college there, I know you can get it until 3am every night.

On another note (and I apologize for posting this in the wrong place probably, but my 3am poutine eating-induced laziness has set in), does anyone know what happened to Bankok Bistro on Central Ave? My boyfriend and I tried to go there last Thursday only to find it closed at around 8pm. I thought they had already opened? We went across the street to LaFiesta and it was fabulous!

I was just got back from Provincetown and there is a food stand in the Aquarium Mall on Commercial Street that specializes in poutine. I did not eat there but read the menu and they do serve theirs with cheese curds. Not local but it’s a great time of the year to visit the cape and it’s only a 4 1/2 hour drive…..

Garden Bistro 24 will do poutine on request. The first time I asked for it, they were hesitant because they didn’t have cheese curds. They’ve since made sure to carry cheese curds. Their fries are fantastic by themselves, though.

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